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Computer jargon explained /

Computer Jargon Explained is a feature in Computer Weekly publications that discusses 68 of the most commonly used technical computing terms. The book explains what the terms mean and why the terms are important to computer professionals. The text also discusses how the terms relate to the trends an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Enticknap, Nicholas (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : ComputerWeekly, 1989.
Subjects:
Electronic digital computers > Terminology.
Ordinateurs > Terminologie.
COMPUTERS > Computer Literacy.
COMPUTERS > Computer Science.
COMPUTERS > Data Processing.
COMPUTERS > Hardware > General.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
COMPUTERS > Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS > Reference.
Electronic digital computers
Electronic books.
Dictionary
dictionaries.
Dictionaries
Terminology
Dictionaries.
Dictionnaires.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Computer Jargon Explained; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; ADA; ANALYST WORKBENCH; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CASE (COMPUTER-AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING); CCITT; CIM (COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING); CMOS/ECL; CYCLE TIME; DATABASE; DATA DICTIONARY; DATA PROTECTION; DESIGN METHODOLOGIES; DESKTOP PUBLISHING; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE; EDI; ESPRIT; ETHERNET; EXPERT SYSTEM; FAULT TOLERANCE; FIFTH GENERATION; FILE SERVER; FOURTH GENERATION LANGUAGE; FUNCTION POINT; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; IPSE; ISDN; ISO; LAN; LU 6.2; MAINFRAME, MINI, MICRO; MAINFRAME GENERATIONS; MAP/TOP.
  • MERCURYMIPS; NCC; NON-PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE; ODA; OFFICE AUTOMATION; OPTICAL COMPUTING; OPTICAL DISC; OPTICAL FIBRE; OSI; PARALLEL PROCESSING; PICK; PROTOCOL; RELATIONAL DATABASE; RISC; SAA; SNA; SPREADSHEET; SQL; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TELETEX; THIN-FILM HEAD; TOKEN RING; UNIX; VANS; VDU STANDARDS; VECTOR PROCESSING; VERTICAL RECORDING; VIDEOTEX; VLSI; VON NEUMANN ARCHITECTURE; WAFER SCALE INTEGRATION; WORKSTATION; X.25; X.400; X-Stream; APPENDIX 1. ABBREVIATIONS OF TECHNICAL TERMS; APPENDIX 2. ABBREVIATIONS OF ORGANISATIONS; APPENDIX 3 UNITS OF MEASURE; INDEX; COMPUTER WEEKLY PUBLICATIONS.